At this moment, I heard rapid footsteps running up and down the street outside.

The little girl laughed softly and said, "It's Mr. Tongpan who is looking for a wife!"

The old woman hurriedly said: "Hurry up and invite him in!"

The little girl pursed her lips and said: "He left his wife on the street in the middle of the night and didn't care about her, and now she's here again, let him worry about her!"

The old woman said: "You damn girl, I must have something urgent, so I left in a hurry. I didn't intentionally leave my wife alone."

"What could be more important than my wife's illness? Humph!"

"Stop nagging, hurry up, he seems to have gone far away. Call him back quickly!"

The little girl got up and walked out and said, "He must have not paid attention to where he put his wife just now, so he was looking around for her."

The little girl's guess was correct. Leng Yi thought that Zhuo Qiao Niang was dead. In despair, he carried Zhuo Qiao Niang and walked aimlessly without knowing where he went. He was really tired, so he found a random girl.

He sat down on the bluestone steps on the street, and by chance, he happened to be sitting outside the door of Hua's Drug Store. However, powerful enemies attacked, and there were two of them. He was unable to fight, so he could only escape and use the streets and alleys of Bazhou to attack him.

Familiar with the terrain, he finally managed to hide and get rid of the two powerful killers. However, while hiding, the killer also killed two of the owners he was hiding from in order to find him, which made him feel very guilty.

Leng Yi was completely exhausted and could only watch them kill people. He had no choice but to wait until he recovered. At the same time, he had already made a decision in his heart that he would pay heavily to compensate these families who were killed because of him.

After being convinced that the killer could not find him and leaving, he returned to look for Zhuo Qiaoniang's "body" according to his memory.

But he was running in such a hurry that he didn't even remember where he had placed the body. He could only anxiously search back and forth on the streets in this area.

He was almost going crazy with anxiety. Zhuo Qiaoniang died of grief, but he didn't protect her body well and lost it. Wouldn't this cost his life? So he looked around like crazy, thinking to himself.

If you can't find it, you can only go back to the Yamen and ask someone to help you search from house to house. No matter what, you must find Zhuo Qiao Niang's "body"!

It was here that he heard a woman's voice in the distance shouting: "Master Tongpan!"

Leng Yi hurriedly turned around and looked at the place where the sound came from, and saw a fourteen-year-old girl standing at the door of a shop, waving to him.

Leng Yi ran over quickly and said, "Do you know me?"

The little girl nodded and said: "You are a great benefactor to our people in Bazhou City. You lead the people in the city to fight against floods and distribute relief food. How could I not recognize you!"

Leng Yi said: "Then have you seen my wife? I put her on the street in this area, she..., she is dead..."

The little girl smiled: "I didn't see the dead one, only the living one!"

Leng Yi was so surprised that his voice trembled: "I...my wife, she...is she still alive?"

The little girl nodded and said sideways: "She's in the house! My grandma and I saw you leaving your wife on the roadside, so we took her back and cured her using our ancestral techniques. Now she's lying on the bed.

But I haven’t woken up yet, until daybreak.”

Leng Yi's heart was so happy that it felt like it was going to explode. In the ecstasy, he felt his eyes go dark, his body swayed, and he almost fell down. The little girl quickly helped him and said: "You are too tired, come in and have a rest."

Stay!"

"I'm fine!" Leng Yi said: "Thank you! Thank you! Where is my wife? Please take me to see my wife!"

The little girl led Leng Yi into the medicine shop and into the back room. Under the dim light on the table, Leng Yi saw Zhuo Qiaoniang lying on the bed.

He stepped over in two steps. When he leaned down, he saw Zhuo Qiaoniang's nostrils fluttering slightly and her chest rising and falling with her breathing.

Zhuo Qiao Niang is still alive!

Leng Yi felt as if he had lost his footing and fallen off a cliff, but was held up by the pine trees blocking his way. The joy and happiness of being resurrected from the dead, combined with extreme exhaustion, made him feel like the world was spinning. He held on to the railing at the head of the bed, leaning on the low bed.

He knelt down beside the bed, hugged Zhuo Qiao Niang with trembling hands, and called in a low voice: "Qiao Niang! Qiao Niang!"

At this moment, Zhuo Qiaoniang felt that she had been drifting helplessly in the whirlpool. Sometimes she was groping in the dark night, but no matter how she shouted, she could not find a relative; sometimes she heard thunder and heavy rain; sometimes she heard the sound of flames.

Baking; sometimes a thousand arrows pierce the heart; sometimes the stomach is churning.

Finally, she saw the official Leng Yi, who was hugging several women and smiling at her, smiling happily, as if he was saying: "I am not your husband alone, I am the husband of many women!"

Zhuo Qiao Niang cried desperately, her tears flowed into a river, and she floated away, but the official Leng Yi was still there hugging several women and smiling at her...

Zhuo Qiao Niang woke up crying. When she woke up, she could still hear her own crying.

Leng Yi stroked her tear-stained face, feeling happy and sad at the same time, and said: "Qiao Niang! You're awake! Great! Don't cry! Don't cry! From now on, the officials will definitely treat you well. Never again."

I won’t let you suffer even a little bit of grievance!”

Zhuo Qiaoniang slowly focused her eyes on the person next to her. Little by little, she recognized that he was in her dream of ice and fire, hugging another woman, laughing loudly at her, and saying that he

Not my own husband, but the husbands of many women.

Zhuo Qiaoniang felt that her heart had been broken into thousands of pieces. She closed her eyes feebly. She just wanted to sleep, keep sleeping, and never wake up again.

The old woman said to Leng Yi: "Sir, let your wife have a good rest first. She is very ill and needs some time to nurse herself back to health. When she gets better, you can slowly comfort her. - Let's talk outside. Let's talk outside.

Let her rest and recuperate."

Leng Yi nodded, got up, and saw that the window lattice covered with white paper had turned white. How did he go through this night, several times of life and death, and in the end, both he and his wife were still alive.

Is there anything better than being alive?

And all this was thanks to the old woman and the little girl. He kissed Zhuo Qiao Niang on the forehead, and saw that her breathing had basically stabilized. Then he felt relieved, stepped out, stood in the lobby of the drug store, and turned around

, cupping his fists and cupping his hands to the old woman and little girl who followed them, he said, "Didn't you ask for the names of these two benefactors?"

The old woman blinked her dull eyes and said politely: "I am called Granny Hua. This is my granddaughter, and her name is Hua Wuxiang."

"The flowers are fragrant?" Leng Yi was a little curious.

The little girl tilted her head and said: "Flowers that are fragrant means that they have no fragrance. - My grandma said, when my father named me, it would be better if the flowers have no fragrance. With fragrance, others

If you like it, you will pick it away, and the flower will die. Therefore, it is better to have no fragrance than to have fragrance."

Leng Yi smiled and said: "Well said, if the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them! Moderation is the long-term strategy."

Hua Wuxiang smiled and said: "The eldest master is indeed the official in charge of the imperial examination, and he speaks well."

Leng Yi hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Young lady, it's funny. The two ladies who saved me are so kind that I can't thank you enough. I will remember them in my heart. There will be rewards in return."

The old woman smiled and said, "You're welcome, sir. We open a pharmacy. It's natural to treat illnesses and save people. No extra reward is needed."

The little girl rolled her eyes and whispered: "Master, do you really want to repay us?"

"That's natural. When daybreak comes, I will hand you a hundred pieces of gold to express my gratitude."

"A hundred gold?" The little girl shook her head and said, "My grandma said that our Hua family is not allowed to ask for more than the normal consultation fee when treating patients. So, even if you bring a mountain of gold, we can't take it."

Leng Yi said: "This is a little bit of my gratitude. You saved my wife. I am very, very grateful. I just want to express my gratitude."

Hua Wuxiang tilted her head and looked at him: "Do you really want to do something to express your gratitude?"

"yes!"

"Okay, let's do that. I want to take the imperial examination. But I don't know poetry, can you help me?"

Leng Yi was a little embarrassed and said: "Well, it seems that women cannot participate in the imperial examination. Although I am the examiner in my house, the imperial examination is the system of the entire country. I alone have no say."

"I know this. What I want to take is not the Jinshi Department for becoming an official. What I want to take is Ming Medical Department. Women can apply for the women's department of Ming Medical Department. If you pass, you can become a female medical officer and even enter the palace.

To treat concubines."

The imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty were divided into two categories: regular subjects and system subjects. The most important of the regular subjects was the Jinshi subject. In addition, there were the Nine Classics, Five Classics, Ming Jing, Ming Fa and other subjects. Because the emperor of the Song Dynasty attached great importance to medicine, there were also

A special department of Ming Medicine was opened, and a small number of women were admitted as female medical officers in order to diagnose and treat the female relatives of dignitaries and even the royal family. After all, some women's illnesses were inconvenient for men to diagnose and treat.

Leng Yi didn't have much research on the imperial examinations of the Song Dynasty. Hearing Hua Wuxiang's serious words, it didn't sound like he was lying, so he just said "Oh."

Hua Wuxiang said: "My medical skills, I think I can handle it. However, the Ming Dynasty medical department not only requires a test of medicine, but also an additional test of poetry and poetry. I can't understand this. You are the examiner of the imperial examination, if you really want to

If you want to thank us, can you do me this favor?"

The Song Dynasty attached great importance to poetry, poetry, and poetry. Throughout the Song Dynasty, except for a few periods where the imperial examination did not require the examination of poetry, poetry, poetry, and poetry, the rest were required. Especially in the early Northern Song Dynasty, it was even more emphasized. It stipulated not only Jinshi subjects, etc.

Poetry, poetry, and poetry are required to be tested in subjects, and even very professional subjects such as Ming Medicine are also tested.

Leng Yi looked at her and saw the eagerness on her face. He thought that she had just saved Zhuo Qiao Niang and was his savior, so he made such a request. If he refused, how could he repay her? Besides, what about a doctor?

, as long as she has good medical skills, why bother to recite poems and compose poems? It's neither fish nor fowl. As long as she has good medical skills and doesn't know how to write poems, she can still become a miracle doctor who treats patients and asks for help. And she can make other doctors like Zhuo Qiaoniang into her.

If an incurable disease can be cured, there will be absolutely no problem with medical skills.

Seeing Leng Yi pondering, Hua Wuxiang thought he was worried, so he quickly explained: "Actually, I don't want to be an official. I want to use my medical skills to treat more people. However, I am a woman and I am too old."

When I was young, others looked down on me and were unwilling to let me see a doctor. My grandma is old, her eyes are broken, and she cannot see, so she cannot treat diseases. That’s why our pharmacy business is so poor. I don’t have good medical skills.

I feel very sad to have to wait for Xuan Hu to help the world, so I want to take the imperial examination and become a medical officer."

Leng Yi felt hot in his heart. With such compassionate thoughts and superb medical skills, he will definitely become a good doctor. Thinking of this, Leng Yi said: "Okay, I will help you."

"Great, thank you, eldest master! - Grandma! The eldest master has promised to help me take the imperial examination!"

The old woman next to her also smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Okay! Just don't make it too difficult for the elder!"

Leng Yi said: "There is nothing difficult. It is our duty as parents to select medical officers with truly excellent medical skills. However, we cannot let others know about this matter. I will tell you how to help specifically when I go back.

howare you guys?"

"Okay, thank you!" Hua Wuxiang was very happy.

At this moment, I heard someone knocking on the door: "Open the door! We are from the yamen. It's urgent. Open the door quickly!"

Hua Wuxiang hurried over and opened the door of the drug store. A policeman said loudly: "Last night, did a man come to you with a woman in his arms..." As soon as he said this, he suddenly saw Leng Yi, and he was filled with surprise and said
To be continued...